Reena’s Exploration Challenge – 93
Reena’s Rules:
PROMPT:
I normally link a word to a picture for the prompts, but not this week. The picture is so intriguing that I dare not superimpose my thoughts and influence another’s imagination. Let the prompt take you wherever it goes.
FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS
As usual, there is no restriction on the format or length of the piece. You can get as creative and innovative as you want.
Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog link in Comments. Tag it Reena’s Exploration Challenge for easy access in the Blog Roll.
There is no restriction of length or format of the piece. We are happy if whatever you write comes from the innermost core of your being. The technique is secondary.
Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog link in Comments. Tag it Reena’s Exploration Challenge for easy access in the Blog Roll.
White Out
By Teresa Smeigh 2019
This art reminds me of my visit to the psychiatric hospital after I tried to commit suicide. There was no color in my world, just a lot of empty faces of people I didn’t know and didn’t really want to know. I was so tired of looking at them and having to make conversation with them as part of the treatment. Color slowly came back into my life and I was allowed to go home.
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Tessa –
Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses, also a devout Christian
Author – http://www.finallyawriter.com (this blog contains my old work mostly although occasionally I do add something new here), new work is mainly on this blog http://www.tessacandoit.com
I hope this is fiction. Thanks for joining in!
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It is not fiction and that is immediately what came to mind when I saw the picture. It was a bad period in my life.
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The picture is kind of depressing with the grays. Wishing you well….
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My life was and still is depressing. I beat that one. I had 2 hospitalizations in the psych hospital. I hope not to go back.
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A woman friend once shared her experience with some kind of spiritual healer – a realization that people are at different stages of evolution and will take their own time. If her husband was abusive, she was not responsible for his Karmic cycle. Refuse to let people impose guilt on you. Dissociate from toxicity. Your love may not be returned if the two souls are at different stages of evolution, living out different cycles. As we say in common parlance – wavelengths do not match. I find it difficult not to judge (though I may stay silent), but being judgemental has not helped anyone.
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Actually what you say makes a lot of sense.
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
Teresa Smeigh’s contribution to Exploration Challenge #93
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Thanks Reena!
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We need colour in our lives so I’m glad you found yours and I hope you are doing ok.
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Thanks, I am not bad right now. I have other problems though.
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Tessa, the first thing I thought of the picture was of how bleak it looked, like a blank slate. For a person who was at a point of wanting nothingness, being in a bleak environment like that isn’t what would help. Having something to reach out to would seem a lot more healing. Why they make psych wards bleak is a real mystery. Every one should have a giant garden with a skylight over it. I’m glad color came back to your world and you left there.
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Yes the environment is oppressing in those places. My dad’s long term care put in a large wooden cage filled with beautiful birds. I just wish they had put them in their community room for them to enjoy.
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